raze

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Verb

1. To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish. To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
2. To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
3. To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
4. To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
5. To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.
6. To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it. To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave. To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off. To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze. To scrape (something), with or as if with a razor, to remove things from its surface; also, to reduce (something) to small pieces by scraping; to grate. To shave (someone or part of their body) with a razor, etc. To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash.
7. To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
8. To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave.
9. To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off.
10. To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze.
11. To scrape (something), with or as if with a razor, to remove things from its surface; also, to reduce (something) to small pieces by scraping; to grate.
12. To shave (someone or part of their body) with a razor, etc.
13. To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash.
14. To carve lines, marks, etc., into something. To graze or rub lightly along a surface. To penetrate through something; to pierce. Of a horse: to wear down its corner teeth as it ages, losing the black marks in their crevices.
15. To carve lines, marks, etc., into something.
16. To graze or rub lightly along a surface.
17. To penetrate through something; to pierce.
18. Of a horse: to wear down its corner teeth as it ages, losing the black marks in their crevices.

Noun

1. A slight wound; a scratch; also, a cut, a slit.

Noun

1. Obsolete spelling of race (“rhizome of ginger”).

Noun

1. A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.

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